Microanatomical study of white blood corpuscles of emu (dromaiusnovaehollandiae) and its diagnostic significance
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S. Chemmalar
Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, AAU, Anand- 388 001, Gujarat
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K.M. Panchal
Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, AAU, Anand - 388 001, Gujarat
Keywords:
Emu, White Blood Corpuscles, Morphology of leucocytesAbstract
The present study was conducted to study the white blood corpuscles of Emu. The blood samples were collected from eight apparently healthy adult Emu birds and blood smears were stained with modified Wright stain for cyto-morphological studies of various white blood corpuscles. The Heterophils were round cells with lobed nucleus which was placed eccentrically. The Eosinophils often had a bi-lobed nucleus with abundant small, round, red - to - pink granules and light blue cytoplasm. The basophils cytoplasm had densely packed metachromatically stained granules. The small lymphocytes were irregularly round with round nucleus and a lacy chromatin pattern. The large lymphocytes had a homogeneous and an abundant cytoplasm which was more basophilic. The Monocytes were large cells with moderate amounts of blue - gray cytoplasm that occasionally had small discrete vacuoles. Their nuclei were pleomorphic with a lacy chromatin pattern. Deviation from the normal morphology of White Blood Corpuscles indicates disease and pathological conditions in Emu.
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